Caves of the Montsià
Montsià has 97 catalogued cavities: 75 caves and 22 pits, with a total length of 3000 m and a maximum depth of 99 m. Cova Trobada is the longest (360 m) and the deepest (99 m).
The Montsià region has 97 catalogued caves, including 22 potholes and 75 caves. The longest is Cova Trobada (360m). Most caves are found in limestone.
Length adds each cave once (a system counts once), and depth is that of the deepest cave, canyons excluded.
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Montsià has 97 catalogued cavities: 75 caves and 22 pits. Together they total 3000 m of length and reach a maximum depth of 99 m. By lithology, limestone predominates (92), followed by dolomite (4) and conglomerate (1). The region has 9 child units.
Cova Trobada is the longest cavity, at 360 m, and also the deepest, at 99 m. It is followed by l'Entronador, with 302 m of length and 84 m of vertical drop, and Cova Uf-2, with 270 m of length and 62 m of depth. Other cavities notable for their length are Cova del Tendo (202 m) and Avenc de Maçana (150 m).
Among the deepest cavities are Avenc de la Canal de l'avenc (63 m) and Forat Tx-2 (60 m). Cova Trobada, known since ancient times, was explored by the SIE in 1974 and 1976 and surveyed in 2021; Cova Uf-2 was discovered and explored by the Espeleo Club Tortosa in the first days of January 1983.
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The figures of these places do not add up to the total: a cave can be in more than one place, or in none when its location has no lower level.
The 20 longest
- 1Cova TrobadaLa Sénia, Tarragona360 m
- 2l'EntronadorLa Sénia, Tarragona302 m
- 3Cova Uf-2La Sénia, Tarragona270 m
- 4Cova del TendoSant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona202 m
- 5Avenc de MaçanaLa Sénia, Tarragona150 m
- 6Avenc de les CanalsUlldecona, Tarragona80 m
- 7Avenc dels CastelletsUlldecona, Tarragona80 m
- 8Forat Tx-2La Sénia, Tarragona80 m
- 9Avenc de la Canal de l'avencMas de Barberans, Tarragona70 m
- 10Avenc de l'ArionUlldecona, Tarragona70 m
- 11Cova BonicaUlldecona, Tarragona65 m
- 12Cova BonicaAlcanar, Tarragona61 m
- 13Avenc de la Font del BurgarSant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona60 m
- 14Cova de Santa MagdalenaUlldecona, Tarragona56 m
- 15Avenc de les SeniolesUlldecona, Tarragona55 m
- 16Avenc de la GrallaGodall, Tarragona50 m
- 17Avenc de Julio de la SistaUlldecona, Tarragona45 m
- 18Avenc de la FuraGodall, Tarragona45 m
- 19Avenc del CastellUlldecona, Tarragona35 m
- 20Avenc del Corral del QuixoLa Sénia, Tarragona35 m
The 20 deepest
- 1Cova TrobadaLa Sénia, Tarragona99 m
- 2l'EntronadorLa Sénia, Tarragona84 m
- 3Avenc de la Canal de l'avencMas de Barberans, Tarragona63 m
- 4Cova Uf-2La Sénia, Tarragona62 m
- 5Forat Tx-2La Sénia, Tarragona60 m
- 6Avenc de l'ArionUlldecona, Tarragona58 m
- 7Avenc dels CastelletsUlldecona, Tarragona52 m
- 8Avenc de MaçanaLa Sénia, Tarragona40 m
- 9Avenc de la FuraGodall, Tarragona33 m
- 10Avenc de la Font del BurgarSant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona32 m
- 11Avenc de la GrallaGodall, Tarragona32 m
- 12Avenc de l'ArboçGodall, Tarragona30 m
- 13Avenc dels PlansLa Sénia, Tarragona22 m
- 14Avenc de les SeniolesUlldecona, Tarragona21 m
- 15Avenc de les CanalsUlldecona, Tarragona20 m
- 16Avenc de Julio de la SistaUlldecona, Tarragona17 m
- 17Avenc de la Mola de la TorreUlldecona, Tarragona17 m
- 18Avenc del Corral del QuixoLa Sénia, Tarragona15 m
- 19Cova del TendoSant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona15 m
- 20Avenc del CastellUlldecona, Tarragona14 m
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